[Harp-L] Tulsa Read's Cancer Progress Report

[TUL1RD@xxxxxxx]

I would like to first of all, thank all of my harmonica friends, students  
and colleagues for their Emails and prayers. I had two operations last Wednesday 
 afternoon to have the Cancer cells removed from the entire left side of my 
inner  wall of my cheek, and from the back of my top lip. There is some nerve 
damage,  along with some loss of feeling in the lip, so that will effect the 
quality of  my harmonica playing. I still have to go through a series of tests 
to see if the  doctor was able to remove all of the Cancer cells. My mouth is 
very swollen, and  it hurts. I have stitches in it from my left jaw to my top 
lip. I don't want to  go through what my friend Doug Tate went through. If any 
of you harmonica  players ever have any type of lumps (no matter what size) on 
your tongue,  gums or in the inner walls of your cheeks, have an oral surgeon 
 examines them right away. Don't put it off. Please keep your prayers coming. 
 Many thanks, and God  Bless.              Tulsa Read 
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